Irrawang Public School 21 Geer Street

RAYMOND TERRACE NSW 2324 P: 49872403/ 49872600

F: 49874063 Principal:

Nancye Farley Webpage: http://www.irrawang-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Email: irrawang-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Inside this issue:

Principal’s Message 1

Our Leaders Have Their Say , & School Zone Parking

2

2014 Year 6 3

Library News & Chess News 4

After School Sport & Literacy 5

WHO AM I? 6

Kinder & Preschool Enrolment for 2015, & Community Church

7

Canteen News & P&C News 8

Xmas Breakfast, Terrace Markets, Port Stephens Library

9

Vacation Care 10

Rise in the Hunter 11

Cancer Council, Aussie 5 & Nut Free School , Facebook.

12

Mitre 10 & Assembly Roster 13

Absentee Note 14

Canteen Helpers Form 2015 15

Caught You Using your “AUSSIE 5” 16

IRRAWANG PUBLIC SCHOOL

An Innovative, Vibrant and Diverse Learning Community

Term 4, Week 10, 12 December 2014

This week has been a week of celebration with

our students at the centre of our success in 2014.

Over the last two days I have seen our students

conduct themselves as Aussie 5 Superstars at the

K-2 Presentation Assembly, the 3-6 Presentation

Day Assembly and the Preschool Graduation

Assembly. Congratulations to all the students

who received recognition for their achievements

and efforts in the classroom and on the sporting

fields, and well done to all students who showed

respect by being a well manned and attentive

audience. With our school captains and vice

captains Shaytarna, Ryan, Jaycob and Marley

leading the K-2 and 3-6 assemblies, councillors

Alex, Tarah, Kye and Melanie did an

outstanding job in their role of escorting guests

into the school. What a wonderful impression

our leaders left on the many parents and

community members who were in attendance.

Congratulations to the newly elected school

leaders for 2015. Captains Eden Burns & Paige

Perry and Vice Captains Izac Schofield &

Maddison Shephard will be supported by

councillors Caitlyn Bennett, Ashleigh Mitchell,

Tahlia Buckmaster and Samantha Roberts. I

look forward to working with our new student

leaders next year.

On Wednesday I had the pleasure of joining Ms

Turner, Mrs Turner, Ms Greenham, Ms

Jameson, Ms Madge and Ms Green in the hall to

witness 40 energetic and excited pre-schoolers

confidently dance and sing their way through

their graduation. I only had to look at the faces

of the many parents and family members in

attendance to see the pride and joy they felt as

their son or daughter graduated. Well done

teachers for giving our youngest students the

best possible start to school life. Your

enthusiasm and passion for your students was

contagious!

At the start of the year I talked about the 4 target

areas for 2014 -

Implementation of the new English syllabus

PBL - Strengthening our Aussie 5 rules and

school expectations in the wider

community

Teaching and Learning - supporting those

students who take longer to learn, or

learn differently, from others. Moving

our more capable students forward and

challenging them to take ownership of

their own learning

Parents and Community Partnerships -

getting more parents in classrooms,

in the canteen, at assemblies,

attending workshops, participating in

3 way interviews

Reflecting on how far we’ve come this year in

achieving our targets, I am very proud of our

success:

* Teachers are implementing the new English

syllabus with increasing confidence and

on-going reflection.

*With the establishment of the PBL

Community Sub-Committee we have now

formed partnerships with Raymond Terrace

Public School, Grahamstown Public School,

Irrawang High, Hunter River High and local

businesses to take the values and expectations

of PBL into the wider community.

*Team teaching in Stage 2 & 3 classrooms has

supported our more capable students in

reaching proficiency in numeracy, spelling,

reading and grammar in the Year 3 & 5

NAPLAN.

*Thanks to the participation and support of

our parents we saw the canteen re-opened

every Wednesday - our parent volunteers have

once again given of their time to support our

students.

This year has been a great year for Irrawang.

Thank you for playing your part!

Finally, goodbye and good luck Year 6 you

will be missed!

You have been outstanding role models for the

rest of the school. Your commitment to

learning, your positive influence on the

playground and the respectful relationships

you formed with your teachers has set you

apart from the rest - you have been young

adults of whom parents and teachers are

proud.

On behalf of your school and your staff, I’d

like to wish you and your families a safe and

Merry Christmas.

I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday

28th January for the start of the 2015 school

year.

With warm regards

Nancye Farley Principal

School Calendar 2015

Wednesday 28th Jan—1st day for

Students

Monday 2nd Feb—1st day for

Kinder and Preschool

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY LEARNING RESPECT

Our School Leaders Have Their Say

We had our Presentation Day on the 9th of December.

Our teacher’s were very proud for us. We were very happy once it was

done. It was great to see all of the children’s faces when they got their

awards and medals. It was also great listening to what the teachers

had to say about their students.

We would like to congratulate next years school leaders and we hope

they have as much FUN and as much enjoyment as we did.

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a safe holiday.

SHAYTARNA BUCKSHIRAM

SCHOOL ZONE PARKING OFFENCES:

$169.00

+ 2 Points

$304.00

+ 2 Points

$304.00

+ 2 Points

GOODBYE &

GOOD LUCK

YEAR 6

Well done to everyone who has returned their borrowed Library books! There are always a few books that don’t

make it back before the holidays … but I’m happy for them to be read and read again during those long weeks in

January … as long as they do come back in good condition next year!

Congratulations to our two students who gained Library awards at Presentation Day this week. Lily Williams

should be very proud of her excellent borrowing record during her time in the Infants department. She rarely

forgot her Library bag during all those years. Well done Lily. Izac Schofield was an outstanding Library

monitor throughout the entire year ... constantly looking for ways to assist students during lunchtime in the

Library and always prepared to do an extra duty when another monitor was absent. I’m sure this experience will

be of great benefit to him in his role as Vice Captain of our school next year. Thank you Izac.

I would like to write a special thank you to Rachel Montgomery and Margaret Burton who have been tireless

volunteers in the Library this year. Their presence and hard work has meant the administration of the Library

has gone like clockwork, and Margaret’s Craft Corner has been a wonderful creative space that always had too

many students wishing to participate in the activities. Thank you both for the time and effort you give to make

the Library a better place for Irrawang students.

Happy reading everyone and have a safe, healthy Christmas!

Chris Berry

Teacher Librarian

LIBRARY NEWS

Chess News

Congratulation to our Ches medal winners at Presentation Day this week ... Tori Hickman, Kyle

James, Caleb Parker, Izac Schofield and Jack Shearer. I hope Tori, Kyle and Jack continue

their love of the game at high school next year, while Caleb and Izac will be our senior players

guiding our Chess participants next year.

Once again, an immense thank you to Mr Geoff Bertram for his support of all the students

showing an interest in Chess. He has such a passion for the game, it’s contagious! We very

much look forward to him being able to continue his involvement next year.

Keep practising everyone and enjoy a safe, happy holiday.

Chris Berry

Chess Co-Ordinator

Active After School Communities The Active After School Communities program has finished for the year. I would like to thank

everyone for their support of the program and hope that all the children enjoyed the sports and

activities that we were able to offer. A special thankyou to all the staff who gave up their time

so that the children could participate in these sport programs. Your efforts are greatly

appreciated.

This is the last year that the Active After School Communities program will be available. The

New South Wales government is restructuring their sports programs and as of next year will

make available the Sports In Schools program.

The program will look a little different with some changes to guidelines and focus.

Unfortunately, as this program will not be introduced until Term 3 2015, there will not be

any after school sport programs available during Terms 1 and 2.

We will be able to provide more information about the program and what it will look like

during Term 2 of next year.

Literacy Fun Fact Everyday and Workplace Texts

Texts that communicate in everyday situations and workplaces. Everyday and workplace texts are composed with a sensitivity to the broad range of lan-guage levels among the intended audience, and the contexts within which they are placed. Examples of everyday texts include road signs, information texts provided by government departments and instructions on appropriate behaviour in places like schools, restaurants and parks. Examples of workplace texts include safety signs, information texts relating to workplace

procedures, and texts that use the jargon of the workplace.

There is no new Quiz for this newsletter.

Thank you for participating this year, we will be starting fresh next year with new

quizzes and competitions.

I hope you have enjoyed learning new things about our staff and families.

Have a very Safe and happy holiday and a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Melissa Beasley

Community Liaison Officer

The correct answer to the guessing competition in our last newsletter is Mr Meek.

Thank you to Makenzi Lyons and Katie Baira for entering.

We would like to wish Mr Meek a Happy Birthday for last Wednesday.

Melissa Beasley

Community Liaison Officer

WHO AM I—Family

5 Things you don’t know about me

Irrawang Public School Safety Responsibility Learning Respect

HAS YOUR CHILD ENROLLED FOR SCHOOL

NEXT YEAR?

WILL YOUR CHILD BE STARTING KIN-

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Please ask at the office or phone 02 4987 2403

Thank you very much to everyone who has

helped in the canteen this year. I really appreciate

everyone's efforts. We have had a great year with many

new things planned for 2015.

There will be a new menu sent home first week back next

year with new menu items and prices starting Week 3

Term 1.

The canteen is still open for the rest of the school year

with Wednesday next week being the last day. We will

still be doing lunch orders and everything as usual.

Please just check with the canteen to ensure we haven't

run out of what you would like.

Merry christmas

Michelle Godwin

Canteen Supervisor.

CANTEEN NEWS

I would like to thank everyone that helped out on the P&C for the different events we had this year such as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Stall, Discos, the pie drive, Naidoc Day, Education Week celebrations. I couldn’t have done it by myself. We are a great team! We had a very successful year and I am very excited to announce that at the beginning of 2015 we will be able to start organising the new playground equipment to replace the old AUS Play equipment. Next year is already starting to look good and I can’t wait to see some new faces jump on board and become a part of our team. See you all in 2015. Wishing you all A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Have a safe Holiday

Phyllipa Elvidge P&C President

P & C NEWS

NUT FREENUT FREE SCHOOLSCHOOL

PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT SOME STUDENTS/

STAFF ARE HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO NUTS AND

OTHER

NUT BASED PRODUCTS.

IRRAWANG AUSSIE 5

I Can Listen

I can follow instructions

I can raise my hand and wait

I can work quietly

I can control what I do and

say

CAUTION: Please remember that if you are putting photos from school events on your personal Facebook page that other children should not be in the photos unless you have permission from their parents or carers.

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Week 10 YEAR 6-Christmas Assembly

Irrawang Public School: Absentee Note

Student Name: ______________________________________ Class:____________________ Date/s of absence/s ____________________________________________________________________ Reason for leave: (Please circle)

*Sick *Urgent Family Business *Other:___________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________________ Date:____________________

Relationship to student:____________________________________

****************Please return with your child to class teacher. Thankyou***************

Irrawang Public School: Absentee Note

Student Name: ______________________________________ Class:____________________ Date/s of absence/s ____________________________________________________________________ Reason for leave: (Please circle)

*Sick *Urgent Family Business *Other:___________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________________ Date:____________________

Relationship to student:____________________________________

****************Please return with your child to class teacher. Thankyou***************

Irrawang Public School: Absentee Note

Student Name: ______________________________________ Class:____________________ Date/s of absence/s ____________________________________________________________________ Reason for leave: (Please circle)

*Sick *Urgent Family Business *Other:___________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature:_______________________________________________ Date:____________________

Relationship to student:____________________________________

****************Please return with your child to class teacher. Thankyou***************

Irrawang Public School – Canteen Helpers 2015

Irrawang School Canteen relies on the help of volunteer parents, just like you to

operate. Some benefits of working in the canteen include:

* Kids love seeing their parents help in the canteen

* Meet new people

* Get to know teachers and staff at the school

* Learn new skills – you do not need any experience

* Unlimited tea, coffee or hot chocolate

* Fun friendly environment

* Free lunch to the value of $5

* A chance to get away from the housework for a few hours

Canteen opens from 8.30am until 12.25pm. We require volunteers from 8.20am

until around 12.45pm

If you can help, please fill out the form below and return it to the canteen or

office. Michelle will contact you regarding a start date etc.

_________________________________________________________________

Name: ___________________________________

Childs Name: _____________________________

Phone : __________________________________

Preferred days:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Weekly Fortnightly Monthly

Thank you for your commitment and support towards having a great canteen for

all the students.

Michelle Godwin

Canteen Supervisor